TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**NO ACCESS USA/CNN/AOL/YAHOO/WIRELESS/CONNECTICUT STATE MEDIA MARKET WEBSITES**<br/> <br />Flags at half-staff in the nation's capitol -- on a day that saw one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.<br/> <br />Wiping away tears, President Barack Obama addressed the country.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: President Barack Obama<br/> <br />"So our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost."<br/> <br />Outside the White House, anti-gun protesters called for an end to shooting rampages that have plagued the U.S recently<br/> <br />The death toll now stands at 27 in the small Connecticut town of Newtown -- after a lone gunman opened fire in a elementary school -- armed with four weapons and a bullet proof vest.<br/> <br />Among the dead - twenty children - and seven adults - including the shooter.<br/> <br />As news of the incident spread, tearful children and parents gathered at Sandy Hook Elementary School - that educates kindergartners through fourth graders - aged roughly five to ten.<br/> <br />After the day's tragic events, late Friday, mourners gathered at an area Church to remember the dead.<br/> <br />xxx Late Friday - vigil...